With the improvement of people's living standards, traditional Chinese medicine diet therapy for beauty is very popular among the public. Liu Wei, the director of the Rheumatology Department at Tianjin Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, explained that traditional Chinese medicine believes that the external appearance of the skin is closely related to the internal organ function and the abundance of qi and blood. By comprehensively regulating the five organs and qi and blood, traditional Chinese medicine can synergize with herbs and food for beauty and rejuvenation.
The spleen is the foundation of acquired constitution and the source of qi and blood transformation. Medicinal diets that nourish the spleen include yam porridge, Coix seed porridge, cardamom steamed buns, lotus seed porridge, ginseng and jujube rice, yam cakes, and Poria buns.
The heart governs blood circulation, while the liver stores blood. When yin and blood are abundant, the face appears rosy, radiant, and elastic. Medicinal diets that nourish yin and blood include mulberry paste, black bean longan jujube soup, black fungus red date lean meat soup, pig skin red date soup, and angelica turtle soup.
The stomach is the sea of grains and the source of qi and blood transformation. Medicinal diets that nourish the stomach include lily silver ear lotus seed soup, ginseng lotus meat soup, reed root lotus leaf glutinous rice porridge, glutinous rice ginseng barley porridge, and hawthorn malt drink, which can make the skin moist and smooth.
The kidneys are the foundation of innate constitution and the fundamental place for the generation of essence and qi in the five organs and six viscera. Medicinal diets that can be consumed include black sesame jujube porridge, tremella wolfberry soup, mulberry soup with dodder, wolfberry sesame paste, and ginseng deer meat soup, which can make the skin plump and smooth, and help maintain a youthful appearance.
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